holisticallyminded

holisticallyminded

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  1. 1 year down, no acute care experience

    holisticallyminded posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in June of 09, took a job in pediatric home health after months of rejections, now have a second job in LTC. I feel like there are more job posts in my area and have started applying again...

  2. What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    holisticallyminded replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    “Science” for the flu shot is about 9-18% effective in recent years and exposes you to metal adjuvants that are highly neurotoxic. When I hear a nurse espouse this flu propaganda I am dead certain...

  3. Get to shadow a hospice nurse, advice?

    holisticallyminded replied to skydancer7's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I’m weighing in. I disagree that anyone learns to be emotionally tough. This is pure personality (and actually personality has been studied extensively). I am fairly unemotional, with a very low...

  4. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    holisticallyminded replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    Should I start displaying my other degrees and credentials as well, or just the nursing related stuff? Really? How about displaying your licensure: RN? In no other profession do they list their...

  5. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    holisticallyminded replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Oh please. I’m not entirely sure about the age of this male nurse (OP) but nursing is a business and many of us understand that this is a JOB. We have families and lives outside of work and aren’t...

  6. Anyone else regret becoming a nurse?

    holisticallyminded replied to Florida Sun RN's topic in General Nursing

    I regret it every day, it takes a toll on your body. But I’m easily employed and I won’t complain there. My main gripe is that nurses promote the Florence Nightengale story to guilt trip us into...

  7. Is it just me or is nursing school not as difficult as everyone makes it sound?

    holisticallyminded replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    It isn’t difficult compared to other BS degrees which often have more rigorous science requirements. The BSN is minimal. Nursing school is hazing. Just get through

  8. Do You Still Believe These 6 Shingle Virus Myths?

    holisticallyminded replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

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  9. Have a Bachelors, Do I Really Need a BSN?

    holisticallyminded replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I enrolled in a BSN program. I have a BS in nutrition. When I realized it was not only so similar (clinical coursework focus is changed from clinical nutrition to nursing with patient care ideology...

  10. Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation - Can I be Forced to Work?

    holisticallyminded replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    You've got to be kidding! Don't let ANYONE guilt trip you into putting your life at risk for ANY reason. I do disagree with this "patients first" bs. There wouldn't BE any care if it wasn't for you...

  11. "That's a myth about nursing"

    holisticallyminded replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh there's a shortage all right but it's a planned shortage! With plenty of nurses, facilities understaff on purpose based on a cost/risk analysis. This leads to higher turnover, higher recruitment...

  12. 12 and 1/2 hours with only 30 minutes for lunch

    holisticallyminded replied to blenderbottle's topic in General Students

    Wow, bad advice to the OP. My first year as a nurse I fell for this idea that I could sacrifice my own well-being for my patients/to get the work done. That sure changed fast!! A student should be...

  13. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    holisticallyminded replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Farawyn, I didn't mention "hate" did I? But the notion of "equality" in this context is highly flawed. What are you unequal to? What rights and choices do you not have? I'm sorry but I find the notion...

  14. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    holisticallyminded replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Feelix, this man-hating "equality" business is absolutely ridiculous. People keep THEMSELVES down and nursing is hardly a patriarchy. Neo-feminism has become another way for the militant left...

  15. Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

    holisticallyminded replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, where do I start? The nursing collective as it appears to be referred to by many here is not much of a collective at all. Our common thread is our license. Aside from this, nursing is still...

  16. Dr. told patient, "Nurses are STUPID".

    holisticallyminded replied to Daetwin2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And PAs are less educated than ARNPs! He has to feel superior to someone I

  17. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    holisticallyminded replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry. What a scam. Back in the 90s when I went to college it cost $991 a semester for full time credits at my state university. Today's costs are atrocious with all of that inflation factored...

  18. Refusing to float

    holisticallyminded replied to NurseKC123's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who floats for a living (on-call) and ALWAYS has (yes, even in my very first RN job and also before I was an RN and worked in another healthcare area), I just don't think it's a big deal....

  19. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    holisticallyminded replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the problem is that too many people use their JOB to identify their status/position in society to others. I don't care how much schooling you've gone through or what type of degree you hold;...

  20. Nurses smoking weed?

    holisticallyminded replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    So no one is addressing the fact that it's legal in WA State? LEGAL. It doesn't matter what you think/feel about it; it's a LEGAL drug that can be smoked outside of work recreationally. And other...

  21. Nurses smoking weed?

    holisticallyminded replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well it's legal in my state. Does that mean I smoke it? Not since college. But then.....how is it any different than drinking? Are we talking about drinking/smoking on the job? What about tobacco? Now...

  22. Would you report possible diversion?

    holisticallyminded replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Uh oh, another "bad nurse" topic. The reality is that diversion is not so common; this isn't Nurse Jackie. Our realities as nurses are so different than this and typically involve staffing ratios,...

  23. Obesity; The "Second Hand Smoke" of Modern American Society

    holisticallyminded replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a former nutritionist turned nurse. It isn't just fast/junk food that is causing this problem. The problem is that the field of nutrition (based in biochemistry and not fully understood without...

  24. Another reason unions suck!

    holisticallyminded replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Nursing is a clock in/clock out shift job. The only way to get any autonomy with your work scheduling is to work per diem. I started out that way and I will never do anything else. So it's V-Day and...

  25. 9 Newbie Nurse Mistakes to Avoid

    holisticallyminded replied to Nurse Beth's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not a newbie but have made mistakes 2 & 3 on a not-so-regular basis. Number 3 is very easy to think you've fixed; it's great there's a beep to remind you if you haven't. :) Tired, overworked...